Top Ten Must Have Saturn Games

Join me as I list and discuss the top ten must have best games for the Sega Saturn! There are so many great games for the Sega Saturn the 32 bit predecessor to the Dreamcast, so please let me know your favourites in the comment box below!
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[@CRedd9830]

Shining Force III and Panzer Dragoon Saga are not only my favorite Saturn games but my favorite video games of all time along with Shenmue 1 & 2.

[@HyperTriggerEx]

Another great video. The Saturn is one of my favourite systems with so many classic titles. My fave genre, shooters are well covered on this system. Though I see why you had to include Radiant Silvergun in your list. It's one of the more well know shooters and allowed you to cover the other systems gems available from other genres. For me Battle Garegga is one of my favourite systems on the system, but damn is it hard lol

[@VagelisMilonas]

daytona CCE, thunderforce V, panzer dragoon saga, mystaria, virtua cop 2, exhumed, alien trilogy

[@jordandupuis1249]

Love that vitura fighter 2 is on the list that was actually the first game I ever got for the Saturn

[@nicholasperkins4655]

Thank you for propping virtual on. I never could find the game in the states when I was a kid but I played the one-battle demo so many times. It was a very fun game.

[@gamesurvivor3129]

Die hard arcade me and my best buddy played it for 4 hours holy shit so much fun

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

I wish I still had a Sega Saturn to this day because I missed out on a lot of good games for it. I mean, sure, the console didn't have that many Sonic the Hedgehog games, but it had tons of fighting games from Capcom, Sega, SNK, the Mortal Kombat series, Dead or Alive 1 and some other Saturn games that I never heard of. And the superior RAM cartridge that the Saturn had was the Action Replay Plus cartridge, which was a 3-things-in-1 device, meaning that it would allow you perform cheats in your Saturn games, save your Saturn's game data and break the region encoding allowing you play imported games on any Sega Saturn model of your choice, which was awesome and the Saturn was also backwards-compatible with music CDs as well.

[@W3S3333]

My "must-haves" would include Magic Knight Rayearth, Keio Flying Squadron 2, Super Tempo, Lunacy, Yumimi Mix Remix, Saturn Bomberman, Rayman, Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru, Nights into Dreams and Powerslave or Sonic R.

[@jedimaster12100]

I love the Saturn. My original console was stolen years ago I actually had Dragon Force and other great games. My brother gave me a Saturn and I'm starting to collect Japanese games so far I have purchased Darkstalkers 2, Xmen vs Street Fighter, and Street Fighter Collection. I'm going to slowly buy more. Such an awesome console. I'm definitely buying some of the games on this list.

[@christinacormier5355]

My favorite were mansion of hidden souls and clock work knight along with astal

[@Cristian-vm1bg]

I concur with the masses: dragon force and panzer d. saga. Also think World Series baseball deserves a mention, it was the king of the baseball sims during the 32 bit era

[@Ogsteviestrow]

great list, I have some more titles to look for now. I graduated from the Sega Genesis/Megadrive/CD to the Saturn, those are my two favorite systems to this day

[@Cwiiis]

Excellent list, tallies very closely to my own favourites :) Other worthy mentions, Shining the Holy Ark, Virtua Cop 2, Fighters Megamix and Panzer Dragoon Saga. I've never gotten to play Elevator Action Returns, but it's unfortunately way too expensive to pick up now :(

[@godzilla7391]

I'd like to add Mr. Bones and Shinobi Legions to that list, as far me, they were, and still are my "must haves".

[@jenesisjp91]

Shinobi x is the better version by far

[@godzilla7391]

@@jenesisjp91 Well, I only played the Shinobi Legions version, and for me, it was great

[@jenesisjp91]

@@godzilla7391 Then you'd love x give its ost a listen, its worth it .

[@deckofcards87]

'Bulk Slash' now has a proper English translation. That game should be on every top 10 list.

[@patrickhawthorneLS]

Good list ... 1.myst (prefered era vers) 2.riven (prefered era vers) 3.dead or alive 4.daytona (original) 5.virtua cop 2 5.shining the holy ark 6.fighters megamix 7.sega ages classics SH/OR/AB2 8.command & conquer (pref ver) 9.sega worldwide 98 10.world series baseball (orig) 11.resident evil (pref version) 12.Bug !!

[@Ahito1984]

Sega Rally, before Gran Turismo and Initial D, was a great flash in arcades centers! It was my main reason to but the Saturn before the Playstation! No regrets and great memories

[@amerikanish07]

Great list! For multiplayer, Nightwarriors, Galactic Attack and Die Hard Arcade are 3 of my favorites on any console.

[@Lightwingdragon]

Panzer Dragoon Saga !

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

My top game not on the list is Three Dirty Dwarves. What an amazing 3 player beat em up/ Platformer. My favorite game on SS is Guardian Heroes.

[@BalancedSpirit79]

So many great games to mention. Dead or Alive was so graphically good on Saturn that it shocked Sony and it played just like the arcade version. Dragon Force is a unique warsim RPG and IMO it's one of the best games on the system. ManxTT Superbike had fantastic graphics if you can look past the low draw distance and I felt it was very true to the arcade version. Some people didn't like Fighters Megamix because there was less detail on most of the characters but I was a big fan of Virtua Fighter 2 and Fighting Vipers and having all those characters (plus many others) in one game was amazing. All of the Capcom fighting games which required the RAM cart were fantastic and basically arcade perfect. Finally, Last Bronx is a competent fighting game that sadly never made it out of Japan.

[@andrealves3211]

As someone who owned a Saturn when I was a teen, I think this list is pretty solid. I think Dragon Force probably belongs in the console's top 10, but your milleage may vary.

[@jenesisjp91]

3 dirty dwarves needs more attention. Great hand drawn graphics. A fun ost. With addicting 3 player coop. This is game is criminally underrated.

[@starlimitz2]

1. Virtual On 2. Nights Into Dreams 3. Panzer Dragoon 2 4. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 5. Warcraft II 6. House of the Dead 7. Virtua Cop 2 8. Virtua Fighter 2 9. Daytona USA 10. Die Hard Trilogy

[@jonathanchapman4111]

If only Sega were still making consoles imagine what games we could be playing now.

[@ciredecgellar8232]

exactly at the same things of the others systems. there's absolutely no differences between each systems. Nintendo is still creative but maybe not for long.

[@NintendoCade]

Hey buddy! Congrats on 2000 subscribers! You are moving up fast, and is well deserved! I haven't played a Sega Saturn in the past but what you shown really looks fun. Panzer Dragoon looks like my type of game, love on rail shooters. Great list of games buddy.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

+NintendoCade Gaming hey thanks Danny that means a lot mate. If you like star fox I say you would absolutely love panzer dragoon. There was one released for the original Xbox which is the best version to get! Happy new year by the way!

[@RetroDeathReviews666]

Quite possibly the best must have list I've seen on KZbin for the Saturn. The *only* things missing are my beloved Powerslave and Three Dirty Dwarves.

[@Vlemeifa]

love ending song (L) Ace Combat 2 - Reading mission :D !

[@AZTATS]

tomb raider and fighters megamix 👍

[@thatvideogamesshow]

+Aaron Griffiths classics! I played fighters mega mix for the first time on the game.com console, do you remember that? What a train wreck haha. Thanks for watching!

[@AZTATS]

Don't remember that? Will do keep up the good work 👍

[@ajthefunkmonster4767]

If you can get a good deal on it, try Ninpen Manmaru; a very nice 3D platformer from Enix with decent controls for the time (in my opinion, better controls than Croc) I don't like the fact you can't attack and you have to race the computer to collect coins in order to finish a level, but I still enjoy it.

[@CRedd9830]

My top 10 1. Panzer Dragoon Saga 1. Shining Force III 3. Burning Rangers 4. Panzer Dragoon Zwei 5. Sonic Jam 6. Nights into Dreams 7. Saturn Bomberman 8. Guardian Heroes 9. Fighters Megamix 10. Panzer Dragoon

[@robhurlock1903]

shining the holy ark should be up there.

[@RetroPowerUp]

This is a solid list! I'll definitely come back to it whenever I finally get a Saturn, one of the few consoles I'm missing. I really wish I had one though! I think one of the first games I'd buy would be Daytona USA, loved that game in the arcades!

[@thatvideogamesshow]

+Retro Power Up thanks dude I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah it's a great console, sadly under appreciated! Haha yes Daytona! The soundtrack in that game is godly haha.

[@RetroPowerUp]

I read a comment somewhere before that it sounds like he is singing "gay bonnaaahhh" and I can never get out of my head now when I hear it.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

+Retro Power Up hahaha comedy gold mate!

[@Primogen18]

Ive started my Saturn collection a couple years ago, its just a shame so many games sit listed at several hundred dollars anymore. I bought one after playing a friend's growing up and never having one of my own. Id like to actually play some of these games, but its definitely a collectors market right now where too many people buy them to sit them on a shelf.

[@cooloneuk]

I absolutely loved Sega Rally, especially with the Arcade Racer steering wheel. I have to say the games Panzer Dragoon Saga, Nights into Dreams and Burning Rangers should be re released into the current or next generation consoles they so deserve. I loved other titles like Alien Trilogy, Rayman, Tomb Raider and Enemy Zero too.

[@SkillJim]

Hey dude, sorry i'm so late to this party but awesome vid! Love the Saturn, my 2nd favorite console :)! More games to add to "The List", i'd pick Sonic R, Sonic Jam, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Die Hard Arcade, House of the Dead, V Cop 1/2, Clockwork Knight 1/2, Fighters Megamix, Daytona!, Mighty Hits, Parodius, Robo Pit, Saturn Bomberman There's still a load of Saturn games I have never played though, so those are just the games I love that I own :)

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Hey dude, haha no worries! Im glad you enjoyed the video mate. Was hard getting it down to ten! Might have to do some videos on the console =p. Thanks for watching!

[@ronsilk6212]

I hope someday we get a remaster of the full game of Shining force 3. Omg what a wonderful suprise that would be.

[@accordiontv1]

1 Panzer dragoon saga 2 Exhumed 3 Radiant silvergun 4 Quake 5 Burning Rangers 6 Guardian Heroes 7 saturn Bomberman 8 X-men children of the atom 9 Street fighter alpha 2 10 Sega Rally

[@nickatmacomb8965]

Great list! Lots of great games on there

[@godzilla7391]

Xmen Children of the Atom is another fine title, although it doesn't have near the content of a lot of the other fighters that are available for the Saturn.

[@james2175]

No Panzer Dragoon Saga? Baffling! The Legend of Oasis, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Grandia, Tactics Ogre, Sakura Taisen, Policenauts... Lots of fantastic games still missing.

[@salemazzam6502]

Tomb Raider and Saturn Bomberman are my favourite on the system

[@TheDeathOfLucifer]

I hate all Tomb Raider

[@rhodawg666]

panzer saga is by far the best saturn game

[@immasword]

Lots of great saturn games here some others are fighters megamix Last Bronx Bug!! Bug Too!! Astal Fighting Vipers Dragon Force Dragon Force 2 Panzer dragoon Panzer dragoon saga Powerslave Albert Odysee Shining the holy ark Grandia Deep Fear Resident Evil

[@scribe8630]

Policenaughts definitely would make my list, Saturn port was superior to the PS1 & love the recently released fan translation. Good Video James, I particularly like these more retro themes ones. Would love to see a Sega Game gear episode 😁

[@thatvideogamesshow]

+Robert Beard ooo game gear video would be good! I'm going to have to pick one up 🙂

[@elliotthewitt7464]

Virtua Fighter 2 also uses an interlace mode in game, so during rounds the game will run at 640x480i, and in menus/loading screens it will run at 320x240p. One of the very few games to take advantage of this. The only other example of a game from that console generation (that I know of) running at 480i was Chrono Cross for the Playstation 1, but it did the opposite, it run at 480i in the menus and 240p in game!

[@CasperEgas]

There are more. Winter Heat, Daytona USA CCE in the menu's, VATLVA. Probably more games, but these I know for sure.

[@troybilko]

I believe resident evil 2 for the n64 featured a resolution swap between menus and the main gameplay screen. Also, it swapped (not confirmed) between various screen shifts. Very noticeable if you used the extra ram pack too. Extremely noticeable if you try to upscale it with a framemeister which makes it virtually unplayable

[@lukegregoryCOHBL]

I loved enemy zero - was so addictive 👍 also I still have and love deep fear, last game released over here in Europe (still have my copy!)

[@CasperEgas]

The release years are often incorrect in this video. Most of these games are nice indeed. Nights is great, Sega Rally is great, Radiant Silvergun is great, Burning Rangers is pretty cool, Shining Force III is fantastic! I like the first Panzer Dragoon better than the second. How about the Japanese version of Daytona USA CCE? The House of the Dead or Virtua Cop? Panzer Dragoon Saga? Command & Conquer is great, but maybe best played on pc? Dark Saviour is great if you like Landstalker on the Mega Drive. Deep Fear and Resident Evil are both great survival horror games. Destruction Derby is great, but better on psx. Die Hard Arcade is great for beat em up fans. Galactic Assault is a great shoot em up. Torico is a great D style adventure. Road Rash is great. Fighters Megamix is a great fighting game (prefer it over VF2).

[@nicolasrolke3538]

Last Bronx!

[@USERA15]

Very good games

[@eskimojoe6564]

Die hard arcade is a must own

[@PaulRockey]

Where the hell is DRAGON FORCE and panzer dragoon saga??? Those are the top 2 games on the system.

[@morienbendinelli1554]

DRAGON FORCE. Definitely!

[@roning3r3]

Panzer Dragoon Saga was a great game. I beat it 3 times. It is 1 of the few games I regret selling when I bought my Dreamcast.

[@DarDarBinks1986]

WE ARE RIDING FOR THE BATTLEFIELD IN FORCE TONIGHT! FURY OF THE DARKEST EVIL CRY FOR WAR!

[@DarDarBinks1986]

@Bryant BarthThen I'll just get the Xbox version instead.

[@DarDarBinks1986]

@Bryant BarthDo you mean the OG Xbox? Because I don't have the 360 or Xbox One. I don't have any consoles newer than the OG Wii and nowadays I'm more of a PC gamer.

[@skepticaltile]

Don't know if this was true 1-2 years ago but the reason panzer dragoon saga isn't on this list it's because it's $1000 and not everyone has that kinda money for 1 game

[@Optidorf]

The first Panzer Dragoon was actually released in 1995.

[@awesomereviews1561]

Good list

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sugarklay9159]

No Dragon Force? It's okay. It's your list and I enjoyed the video.

[@AZTATS]

remember torico? weird game but a good en 👍

[@JohnSmith-xx1lx]

Yeah is it in English?

[@vbathory3757]

Battle Garegga has to be one of the best games ever!

[@Insertdiskgames]

Excellent list, very enjoyable. It's always difficult to narrow down to just 10 games with the Saturn. There's at least 10 more Japanese exclusives that would be good contenders for a top 10 list. As for Western releases good old House of the Dead and Virtua Cop 2 are my main reasons for still owning a CRT TV :-)

[@marakarthegreat]

NO LEGEND OF OASIS?! I understand why herc's adventures is not on the list because it is also on the ps1

[@retrosportgamers1688]

Sweet review bro I love Saturn

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks mate, love me some Saturn!

[@NerdtasticNews]

My favorite was definately Ghen War

[@Ostnizdasht206]

Dragonforce?

[@ridhauddinrazali6545]

Shining the Holy ark

[@StreakyGeek]

Liking your channel - you a Cardiff lad?

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks mate, haha yeah born and bred!

[@mmpsp693]

Baby Gametop!

[@oneminutefixed5003]

Mass destruction anyone?

[@starlimitz2]

The guy keeps talking serious about Street Fighter Alpha 3 yet he plays as Dan the whole time. I was laughing my ass off.

[@ciredecgellar8232]

what about Panzer dragoon saga !!!!! ?

[@travieeeee]

Too expensive, my guy. Don't want to take out a second mortgage for a video game.

[@skrear9295]

I only have panzer dragoon 2 or something the paper in the cover is wet

[@PanzerDragoonWorld]

Travis Loves Games the video doesn’t say top 10 affordable games ? In such ranking I expect the best games. If you have to emulate it, it’s still an option.

[@laghi72]

Travis Loves Games Radiant Silvergun is at least as expensive, but definitely there

[@Kullen64]

Panzer Dragoon Worldパンツァードラグーンワールド It says top ten “Must Have” games. I’m sure Panzer Dragoon Saga is great but no game is worth that price, and you’re not going to convince anyone to buy it either. So I wouldn’t consider it a must have. $900 dollars for a game isn’t a “must” lol.

[@stegreg]

Would be better if you got Microsoft sam to narrate this. More emotion in his voice

[@KungKras]

No Panzer dragoon saga?

[@iwanttocomplain]

Knights Into Dreams is the biggest let down in my computer game life. I thought you could fly around at will. Nope. It's a 2.5d loop-de-loop ring collecting game. Pass.

[@Vvewa]

recently tried it on an emulator and its pretty trash, super man 64 has more freedom

[@iwanttocomplain]

@@Vvewa there’s a flying bit on Mario 64 which is basically what I wanted from that game. But let the record state that Mario 64 is also trash.

[@dylanrichards8414]

Team Andromeda made the Panzer Dragoon series not Sonic Team

[@amdcolon1]

Fighters Megamix dude (face palm)😂

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

I could never get into Guardian Heroes at all.

[@DarDarBinks1986]

I actually have Virtua Fighter 2. It's definitely aged better than the original. FAR better, though you still have the goofy moon-jumping.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Haha moon jumping 🤣 that’s made my day!

[@DarDarBinks1986]

@@thatvideogamesshow That moon jumping is one of the reasons I keep VF around. It's so goofy compared to, say, Tekken. And I liked both games growing up.

[@jamesnewman4351]

What about Enemy Zero ?

[@mynameisdudge]

is the Sega Saturn expensive to collect for?

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Unfortunately it can be very expensive to collect for.

[@godzilla7391]

mynameisdudge oh yeah. Prices have shot up tremendously. I still wanna get Albert odyssey, but man its gotten expensive

[@Ogsteviestrow]

Godzilla 73 Collect as in obtaining the original disks and packaging, yes, but "obtain", is an achievable goal. I set up the Pseudo Saturn soft mod cart and burn ISOs for games I want to play but can't get ahold of.

[@godzilla7391]

Original Gamer Stevie Strow yeah. I hear you. I may need to look into that. I know the Saturn has finally been hacked, so that may be a option for me. Id have to watch a tutorial on it first. Lol

[@Ogsteviestrow]

Godzilla 73 I did which is how I learned to hack an action replay cart into the Pseudo Saturn soft mod, which works great. I don't support piracy, but there is no way to buy this games except from a reseller, no money out towards the games goes back to the originator. so I'm OK with doing this hybrid approach for games I want to play. I still collect what I can find and afford, there are plenty of deals on eBay.

[@ralkzAQW]

Castlevania Symphony of the Night...

[@retrosportgamers1688]

Yes but you can get it cheap from people most people don't even know about the system but all the games on here are pretty pricey i thinks it's the most expensive system to collect for

[@CasperEgas]

Sega Rally and Virtua Fighter 2 are very cheap.

[@maxmatson1578]

D, and enemy Zero.

[@adencross464]

Magic Knight Rayearth

[@lucariowolfomegax1175]

Sega games🕹️🕹️🕹️🦊🦊🐺🐺🎊🎊🐱🐱😻🎉🎉🎉🎉🎮🎮☯️☯️☯️☯️

[@PanzerDragoonWorld]

No Panzer Dragoon Saga? No like, sorry. Saga had more its place in this ranking than a lot of these games.

[@TheUltimateSEGAman]

Too bad to get all the games on this list would cost me almost $1000. It's not fucking fair I love Sega more than anybody. I FUCKING DESERVE TO HAVE THESE!!!!! I mean I have Sega Rally and Nights Into Dreams

[@JohnSmith-xx1lx]

Download them.

[@albertmas3752]

There are many reasons one wouldn't buy the games. Maybe he couldn't afford to have more (for whatever reason), maybe he got a saturn recently and has to collect the rest, maybe he wasn't born when those games launched....

[@mrfake675]

Anyone who doesn't have these games isn't worth my time

[@TrevHenny]

Damn! Almost every game on this list is $100 or more

[@busterwise4274]

atari jaguar is better than sega saturn I'm a atari fanboy so I'm biased

[@kjhansonkjhanson6643]

SHINING FORCE IS GOAT

[@mateodiaz4175]

Sonic R

[@MASF_]

It looks like Custom Robo ripped off Virtual On .

[@WeltAusEis]

Shin megami tensei devil summoner should b here

[@RetrOrigin]

Very solid list, I love the Saturn and specially enjoy all the SHMUPs for it. I mainly collect Japanese titles since that used to be the cheaper alternative but now prices are just crazy. The only thing I find strange is how many people praise Street Fighter Zero 3 when it is in fact one of the worst ports available (lots of slowdown and horrible framerate issues) It was the last game Capcom made for the system and apparently it wasn't developed by any of thier A teams. To this day the PS2 version on Alpha anthology is the only version considered to be arcade perfect.

[@RetrOrigin]

You are right, I actually own FF Revenge and completely forgot about it.

[@ciredecgellar8232]

@@RetrOrigin Saturn's Street Fighter 3 version is considered like the best convertion even better than the Dreamcast version .....

[@RetrOrigin]

@@ciredecgellar8232 Neither the Saturn version nor the Dreamcast version are good. They're only decent for casual play but far from arcade perfect if you're serious about the game. The Saturn version even runs at a lower resolution than the PS1 version. The PS2 version has always been considered the best by actual PRO tournament level players. It runs at the correct speed, has no slowdown, no input lag, runs at the correct resolution and you can even enable proper progressive scan (with component cables)

[@ciredecgellar8232]

@@RetrOrigin DO you even play at the Saturn version ? it's absolutely not the opinion of players and game specialits ..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2ikqZRmqZWkhqM take a look at that .

[@danbauer3669]

DRAGONFORCE

[@brendanarmstrong4559]

Dragon warrior

[@PEHfinale]

Pretty sure Sonic Team didn't make Panzer Dragoon. The only games they made for the Saturn were NiGHTS and Burning Rangers.

[@Jburneyjr]

Astal

[@janX9]

Does the host have braces? It just sounds like something is going on with the sound coming from his mouth.

[@jgs1703]

You should be slapped for leaving Dragon Force off the list.

[@caseywest9668]

Most of these games don't even. Hold up today... You missed classics still playable today but included outdated crap.

[@1515jet]

Not one of those games are outdated crap. All gems.